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This case report describes a patient with untreated lepromatous leprosy developing Lucio's phenomenon, highlighting difficulties in distinguishing it from erythema nodosum leprosum with vasculonecrotic lesions.

In this study, the vitamin D analogues 1 alpha,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 and calcipotriol were found to thin the living cell layer and affect differentiation marker expression in organotypic cultures of human outer root sheath cells.

This case report describes a 56-year-old woman with wooly hair and skin lesions, who experienced reduced plaque size and thickness after using 6% salicylic acid topically for three months.

This study diagnosed a group of six girls with various ectodermal abnormalities, identifying cranio-skeletal malformations consistent with focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz syndrome), and found heterozygous mutations in the PORCN gene in two children.

This case study describes a 43-year-old Hispanic man with cicatricial alopecia of the scalp, and suggests tufted folliculitis as the most likely diagnosis.

This study found that immunohistochemistry for calretinin may identify certain cutaneous adnexal tumors with follicular differentiation towards cells of the outer root sheath.

Scalp skin condition LEDS has similar features to Zoon's balanitis, a mucosal skin disorder.

This manuscript reports on the first case of perforating necrobiosis lipoidica in Colombia, marking the 19th documented case worldwide.

This case report discusses a 69-year-old woman with alopecia areata who presented with a growing lesion on her hand, raising diagnostic considerations during her appointment for scalp steroid injections.

Feathers become harder as they develop due to a change in keratin type.

This report describes an unusual case of proliferating trichilemmal cyst with trichoepitheliomatous change in a young woman, differing from its typical presentation in elderly women.

In this study, researchers observed a rare presentation of alopecia areata characterized by hair shafts with segmental heterochromia and changes in thickness, indicating a fluctuating low-level inflammatory process with recovery periods in the hair's normal characteristics.

This study compared trichostasis spinulosa with keratosis pilaris and eruptive vellus hair cysts, finding differences in lesion distribution and microscopic appearance.

This article presents a case of Olmsted syndrome in a 5-year-old boy, adding to the limited number of reported cases of this rare keratinization disorder.

In this case study, researchers describe a rare instance of pilomatricoma with ossification in a 32-year-old woman, highlighting specific histopathological features and the role of bone morphogenic proteins and macrophages in its development.

This study shows for the first time that onychomatricoma can recapitulate the entire nail unit with differentiation toward the nail bed and isthmus, identifying new histopathological and immunohistochemical features.

This report describes a case of trichostasis spinulosa, a condition with pruritic, black papules on the face caused by keratotic plugs with embedded vellus hairs.

This case report highlights that tumid lupus erythematosus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of annular scalp lesions with non-scarring alopecia, emphasizing histopathological examination for accurate diagnosis.

In this study, three cases of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome revealed small bowel mucosal lesions, but these findings did not correlate with clinical symptoms or steroid treatment outcomes.

This review outlines a diagnostic framework for clinicians to distinguish different types of inherited ichthyoses and suggests further testing and treatment strategies, but reports no new clinical results.

This study observed that dermal dendritic cells migrate to the epidermis in mouse tail and back skin, correlating with changes in epidermal physiology like ortho- and parakeratosis.

This case report describes a 28-year-old man with widespread pigmented basal cell carcinomas and recurrent infections that were challenging to control, associated with nevus comedonicus and a rudimentary toe.

In this case report, localized myxedema of the scalp was identified in a patient with Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis, emphasizing the varied skin manifestations in autoimmune thyroid conditions.

This case report describes a black male newborn who developed bullae that healed with hypopigmentation, linked to collagenolysis and RER vacuoles potentially containing proteolytic enzymes.

This study found a significant reduction in the number and size of sebaceous glands in psoriatic skin lesions, indicating potential involvement in psoriatic alopecia.

In this study, researchers found that patients with non-scar alopecia exhibited thinner hair sacs and root sheaths compared to a control group, with significant thinning observed in cases of alopecia areata.

This case study reported a diagnosis of dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a Persian cat with dermal nodules, highlighting potential heritable predisposition and suggesting systemic antifungal therapy for fair prognosis.

This case report highlights that lipedematous scalp and alopecia areata may coexist and that precise diagnosis requires histopathologic examination.

Cathepsin L deficiency causes hair and skin issues in mice.